焼火神社は島根県隠岐郡西ノ島の最高峰、焼火山の中腹にあります。
平安中期、一条天皇の時代に創建。
ある大晦日、海上から3つの火の玉が浮かび上がり、その火が現在の社殿のある巌に入ったのが焼火権現の縁起とされています。今も海が荒れたときに焼火権現に祈ると、御神火が安全な所へ導いてくださると、海上安全の神として崇められ続けています。
また、後鳥羽上皇の和歌にも詠まれ、歌川広重、葛飾北斎の浮世絵にも隠岐焚火社として描かれています。
Takuhi-jinja Shrine is located halfway up Takuhi-Yama mountain, the highest mountain in Nishinojima, Oki County, Shimane Prefecture, Japan.
It was built between the end of the 10th and the beginning of the 11th century.
It is believed that the shrine was founded one New Year's Eve when three sparks flew out of the sea and entered between the rocks where the present shrine building is located.
Even today, people pray to the god of the Takuhi-jinja shrine to bring them to safety when the sea rages. The god of the Takuhi-jinja shrine is revered as the guardian of maritime safety.
This historical shrine was the subject of a waka poem by the 12th-century Emperor Go-Toba. Furthermore, it is also famous for being portrayed in Ukiyo-e paintings by Hiroshige and Hokusai.